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Patented Feb. 15, 1927.

BRYCE A. SMITH, OF GLENDLE, CALIFORNIA.

BLOTTER HOLDER.

Application filed October 1, 1925. f Serial No. 53,904.

My invention relates to blotter` holders and has for its principal object the provision of a mechanical device which willV serve as a blotter holder and which is adapted for operation to move the blotter into contiguity with a surface to be blotted.

Another object is the provision of a device of the above character7 adapted to hold a commonly used ink blotter in a position plainly visible and segregated from papers and the like usually found on a deskU where a blotter is used.

Another object of the inventi-on is to pro-V vide a simple and stable device for carry-ing out the above objects, while being always convenient and readily discernible among other objects, papers and the like.

Still v,other objects and advantages of my invention will appear hereinafter and will be better understood because of the order in which they occur. A l

I have illustrated my invention by the accompanying drawings in which:

Figure 1 is a view in side elevation of one embodiment of my invention.

Figure 2 is a side view thereof, partly in section,l showing the device in the operated position.

Figure 3 1s a front elevation with bl'otter in its normal position.

Figure 4 is a plan view' with blotter removed.

In carrying out myinvention I provide a base 5 of any suitable material, which supports a rod 6 and the lug 7. Coiled around the rod 6 is the compression spring 8 above which and slidably mounted on the rod is the handle 9 at the upper end'of which and attached thereto is the knob 10. The clasp 1l is pivotally connected to the lug 7` 'at 12 and a connecting link 13' is pivotally connected to the handle 9 and the clasp 11 at 14 and 15 respectively. The clasp 11 is preferably madeof spring material so that it will iirmly grip a blotter or the like after the same has been-inserted.

It will be apparent nowY that whenV a blotter 1G is inserted in the clasp 1l, vby pressing on the ,knob 10 thespring 8*will be compressed and through the connecting link 13 the clasp 11 and the blot-ter 16 will take the position shown by Figure 2, the4 blotter 16 beingdisposed contiguously with. the surface 17 upon which the' base 5 rests. Upon releasing the pressure on the knob 10, the spring 8 will expandand automatically stares patear orrficga-yj restore the parts to their normal position as sli-own in Figures 1 and '3. v

The entire device is portable and is adapted to 'belocated in any convenient position on a desk or the like.

In using the device it is picked up by grasping the knob 10 on the. upper end, of the handle, and then depositing thedevice with e the base adjacent to the area which is to be blotted. The handle is then depressed, moving the blotter as described into contiguity with the surface to be blotted. f

Having described my invention, what I claim is: Y

1. In a blotter holder, a portable horizonsA tal base, a vertical guide immovably fixed to said base, a push rod slidable vertically on said 'guide7 a clip pivoted to said base 7 to move to a position adjacent an outer edge of said base anda rigid link pivotally connected at one end to said push lrod and pivotally connected at V'the other end to said Y Y Y S0,

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2. In a blotter holder, a portable horizontal base; a vertical'guide immovably Xed to said'base, a push rod slidable vertically on said guide, a clip pivoted to said base rwardly on said guide; said spring and link co-acting tonormally hold said clip angu-V larly disposed relative to said base; where- Vby depression of said push rod'will act to dispose said "clip into substantially horizontal position, said clip having a blotter receiving end normally ldisposed lvertically of the base; whereby such depression of. said jush rod will 'act to move the blotter holding end downwardly and outwardly away from said'base.

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..3.-zIn` a blottel* holder, hol'zontl base, 4 cent an, oute' edge of ysaid base With an Y A, fx'edfzgfude stem vIvsi'ng* vertically from open blotter receiving end vertically dis-V saidrbase, a tubularepush rod telescopcally posed with regard to said base imcl a link 10 'j :tte'cl over said guide stem,` a1 compression pvotally connected at one end to said clip 5 spring Surrounclngvsaicl stem'between said and' at the other end to said push rod.

` VbaseV avcllsadipu'sh rod, a--U-Shzupeclv blotter In testimony whereof I aX my so'nature.

vBRYCE A. SMITH.

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